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Applications are now open for Venture Leaders Life Sciences roadshow 2019

14.01.2019 17:40, Guillaume Tinsel

The Venture Leaders - the members of the Swiss National Startup Team - have a clear-cut goal. They envision themselves as global players and want to take the first step to their global expansion. The Venture Leaders’ startup development program is specifically structured to help them achieve these goals.

Apply now to be part of the Venture Leaders Life Sciences 2019
Application deadline: 04.03.2019


This intense journey offers 10 selected entrepreneurs an accelerated learning curve and a solid network through their exchanges with their peers in the team, as well as market exposure, feedback from investors and experts, and hands-on business development.


The Venture Leaders Life Sciences team of 2018

For the past 18 years, Swiss National Startup Teams have traveled to Silicon ValleyBostonNew York, China to dive into the exciting entrepreneurial scene of such high-level entrepreneurial hubs, helping more than 360 entrepreneurs to build their vision and achieve success. Several of them belong to the best Swiss startups today, such as AvaBestmileClimeworksFlyabilityLunaphorePiavitaL.E.S.S.InSpheroGet Your Guide and many more.


Venture Leaders Life Sciences 2019

Become a member of Venture Leaders Life Sciences 2019 – the «Swiss National Startup Team». Only the top 10 selected startups will have the unique chance to experience this intense 1-week business development program (value of CHF 10,000). A unique and exclusive opportunity to meet top-notch investors and industry leaders in Boston and build an exceptional business network. Boston is the hotsport for MedTech and BioTech startups in the US.


 

Insights of previous participants 
  •  «Venture Leaders has been an incredible experience for SUN bioscience. Boston is a hotbed for Life Sciences and Health innovation and the chance to experience this environment in a one week full-time schedule is mind-opening.»  Sylke Hoehel, CEO and co-founder of Sun Bioscience, Venture Leaders 2016 (Personalized medicine)
     
  • «venturelab programs made me understand the value of going global from the start. We now count the 15 world biggest pharma and biotech companies as our clients.» Jan Lichtenberg, CEO and co-founder of InSphero, Venture Leaders 2010 (3D microtissues) 
     
  • «Venture Leaders gave us a stepping stone to the Boston life sciences ecosystem in one week only and saved us months in our business development.» Tomas de Wouters, CEO and co-founder PharmaBiome, Venture Leaders 2016 (Treatment of intestinal diseases) 
     
  • «Venture Leaders exposed us to top VCs in the Boston area. It is just incredible how much feedback and amazing contacts we could collect in a single week of time.» Andrea Maesani, CEO and co-founder of Intento, Venture Leaders 2016 (Wearable solution for the rehabilitation of paralyzed stroke patients)
     
Apply now to be part of the Venture Leaders Life Sciences 2019
Application deadline: 04.03.2019


Applicants eligible to participate:

- Founding and managing members of technology-based Swiss startups
- Ready to grow their business in the US with international investors
- Building a global technology startup

This is your chance to gain the support, finance and network needed to conquer the global technology market.

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Flyability SA: Drone-based inspection solutions

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GetYourGuide AG: Booking website for tours and activities

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InSphero AG: Market leader in 3D cell culture

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L.E.S.S. SA: Nano active fiber lighting systems

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Lunaphore is disrupting tissue diagnostics field by fundamentally changing the time and resource driven nature of diagnostic assays on tumor sections. Just like the fast sequencing technologies have m... Read more

Piavita AG: Daily assistant for equine veterinarians

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